MusicWeb International

A release pianophiles will treasure [SG]

A well recorded, but still little-known composer – well worth investigating [GH]

A fine showcase for the music of Kerensa Briggs [JQ]

Great sound, conducting, choral singing and orchestral playing, but only one principal singer who really comes up to scratch [RMo]

A patchy Zarathustra and a good Jeux, but you’ll find better performances of both elsewhere [ST]

(Déjà Review) Commitment … involvement … a feeling of wonder [SA]

Triumph! Rejoice! Victory! Solti’s Ring, at last, as Wagner intended! [PCG]

Bernstein’s infamous late Pathétique – neither the slowest nor the greatest [LD]

Well-crafted and thoroughly enjoyable music; Viðar is a definite discovery [DJB]

Impressive Stravinsky from Klaus Mäkelä and the Orchestre de Paris [JQ]

Unconventional and innovative, this may offend purists, but I find it beautiful and richly rewarding [GPu]

Schumann and Tchaikovsky symphonies by Stock’s Chicago Symphony make this historic release memorable [GT]

(Déjà Review) Undoubtedly ranks among the finest achievements of recorded music in recent times [TB]

(Déjà Review) One of the classic performances of this symphony [CH]

A welcome sound première recording for one of Cavalli’s more dramatically involving operas [PCG]

Speed is not a substitute for energy [DP]

Old war horses emerge reinvigorated [DMD]

Missed opportunities in a sporadically interesting film [LD]

One of our greatest cellists in a revelatory performance from his younger days [WH]

Mary Bevan’s golden tone floats effortlessly over Joseph Middleton’s sensitive accompaniment [GF]

(Déjà Review) Leinsdorf belatedly enters the select list of the greatest Tchaikovsky performances on record [CH]

(Déjà Review) A fine synergy: superb instrument, performer and recording [DC]

This cycle, like no other, compels attention with its haunting quietude [RWe]

A performance worthy of the best classics, but with new, modern sound [DP]